Ghanaian President Nana Akufo-Addo, speaks at the Confederation of African Football 2017 Awards on Jan. 4, at the Accra International Conference Centre in Accra, Ghana. The language of @realDonaldTrump that the African continent, Haiti and El Salvador are “shithole countries” is extremely unfortunate. We are certainly not a “shithole country”. A group of African ambassadors at the United Nations also issued a statement on Friday that condemned the “outrageous, racist and xenophobic” remarks by the president. More on WorldViews‘Here is what my #shithole looks like’: African countries and Haiti react to Trump’s remark‘As usual, he’s dead wrong’: Former U.S. ambassadors explain London Embassy move after Trump criticismHow Namibia responded to Trump inventing a country called ‘Nambia’

Source: Washington Post January 13, 2018 16:40 UTC